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Adoption is nothing but a simple decision making way to decide to accept a new emerging technology, such as the cloud computing technology. Following critical success factors, essential procedures and policies improves the chances of successful cloud adoption. However, in order to achieve a successful adoption of cloud, the very first necessary step is to understand when to start the adoption process. The second factor is to follow the particular pattern of actions in order to examine the six basic factors that manipulate cloud adoption and dispersion.
A research done by an industry analyst has shown that many IT projects have failed due to the imperfect technology adoption process, though they have adopted it in a proper timing. This article explains the best practices for success with cloud adoption.
Your project might fail if these cloud adoption factors are not examined carefully. Leaders of the IT industry that have executed these following six factors of successful adoption process with proper timing and care had made superior decisions and are more successful than those of who haven’t followed these technology adoption factors.
Follow the below Six proven cloud technology adoption factors, and you will be amongst the industry leaders who have implemented cloud technology successfully.
1] Awareness: Understand the basics of cloud technology; what it is, how it works, and why it works for your firm. The early firms that have adopted the cloud computing technology were financial, legal and technical. Know where you firm lies and find out how cloud technology can help your business grow.
2] Interest: Within your marketplace, there must be many other firms like yours. Try to request for opinions of others you trust. Find out which cloud business applications are available in your industry and among them which works best on cloud platform? What are the benefits of the adoption of cloud business applications?
The majority of people consider cloud computing to work best for Storage purpose, CRM, Email and PaaS for the development and testing of web applications.
3] Evaluation: When deciding to accept or reject the use of cloud computing technology, simply examine the most commonly noted challenges and risks such as lack of monitoring and troubleshooting tools, bandwidth costs as well as the most important concern “Cloud Security”.
4] Trial: Before the adoption of cloud technology, search and pick the best application to direct cloud computing and examine it to confirm particular challenges / risks and solutions / counter-measures, etc…
5] Adoption: if you are fully satisfied with the trial of cloud computing for the selected application, only then move to full use of cloud. For the next application, simply repeat the steps.
6] Adaptation: Always keep in touch with your friends and marketplace, and over the time, make sure to customize the necessary features to your specific environment.
